> Tax competition is what keeps governments in check. That's true for me, because if I decide US taxes are too high and leave the country, I don't get to keep

> Tax competition is what keeps governments in check. That's true for me, because if I decide US taxes are too high and leave the country, I don't get to keep using US roads. That's not true of Amazon. Edit to add: more generally, this is a coordination problem[0], and mutual agreements against defection are a well-studied solution to such problems. Comparing such an agreement to mafia extortion is way off base. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_game